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20 December 2022 Checklist of true flies (Diptera) from San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S.A.: an outcome of the Fly School II taxonomic workshop
C. Scott Clem, Brittany D. Wingert, Andrea R. Kautz, Amanda L. Roe, Teagan Mulford, David Bettman, Robert T. Conrow, Gregory A. Dahlem, Heloísa Fernandes Flores, Latoya Foote, Silvia Gisondi, James N. Hogue, Janis Matsunaga, Maricelle Méndez-Soto, Ko Mochizuki, Ketzaly Munguía Ortega, William Rawson, Jingli Xuan, Brian Brown
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Abstract

True flies (Diptera) are a hyper-diverse group of insects which are considerably under-studied compared to many other organisms. Here we report a list of taxa collected during the 2019 Fly School held in San Luis Obispo County, California, a region of the California Floristic Province biodiversity hotspot. From June 20th to July 6th, an international team of 35 entomologists collected and identified Diptera at 17 main sites across the county. The team identified a total of 68 families, 188 genera, and 133 species/species groups. Of these, we uncovered 21 potential new county records for California, expanding knowledge of geographic distributions for these taxa. We discuss the strengths and limitations of this list and suggest ideas for streamlining the publication of similar lists for other specialized taxonomic workshops.

C. Scott Clem, Brittany D. Wingert, Andrea R. Kautz, Amanda L. Roe, Teagan Mulford, David Bettman, Robert T. Conrow, Gregory A. Dahlem, Heloísa Fernandes Flores, Latoya Foote, Silvia Gisondi, James N. Hogue, Janis Matsunaga, Maricelle Méndez-Soto, Ko Mochizuki, Ketzaly Munguía Ortega, William Rawson, Jingli Xuan, and Brian Brown "Checklist of true flies (Diptera) from San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S.A.: an outcome of the Fly School II taxonomic workshop," The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 98(4), 270-299, (20 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.3956/2022-98.4.270
Received: 28 June 2022; Accepted: 24 September 2022; Published: 20 December 2022
KEYWORDS
biodiversity hotspot
checklist
faunistics
insects
Nearctic region
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